Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-06-29
FLAME SWEPT.
A TOWN LITERALLY BURNED OUT OF
EXISTENCE.
Only Cpe House Untouched PEOPLE
Suffering for Food and
Clothes-1he Loss.
ny telegraph TO the D,.na,cbl

Mn'NAthEI, June ~ Ihp latest &c.
counts OF The Marshneld fire come from
nelghboIing towns, whose hospitality he,
been thrown open 10 The 1000 homeless
inhabitants. But fcN aVailcd thrm,elye,
uf II, however, most OF the people being
housed for the night In wagons, rudely-
constructed sbeds, blankets, aud such
houSehod furniture plled no a. was
>oNfG. The scenes ~ last night were
riliablc. Wcarcd men and denres ed
women ,pcnt tbe night watching the
r'nnent> OF their homes aud posses
'iou> promiscuously scattered round Ia
'uIlouudlns woods, which were 1T up b.
re glow That came from tue still burning
mass that covered acres and represented
thriving village. so rapid was the spread
~ the fire that little could be saved. Fran.
tie men ma Women used vehicles Of every
description 20 save their good, when the
Ire reached The residence part OF the town.
Messages have been received that the PEG.
PIE are hut Scanlily supplied with pr1yi
siors. and there will be suherngunti aid i
dispatched.
MILWAUKEE, june 2S.-A special to the
Ercning Wisconsin from Mlrshticld saws:
1t j. impO.,i blc to get at the exact figures
Of the lo'sts and Insurance by yesierdiv',
IRE. The loss will exceed Sl,000.000
and The total Insurance will reach $500. 900.
be burned district embrace, eight blocks,
bounded - follows: 4 street on tue north.
Fourth street on the south. Maple street
ON the east, and Chestnut street on the west.
The Uplam Manufacturing Company
lost their >aw-mill. lumbcT,yard. il)ur-mlll.
a, yaiOT. 1900 bushels Of gram. Loo
barrels Of -four, planng,mlll. ard iurni-
iUrc-factOry. Their loss i S2j).C0O. san.
ger. Rockwell a Co., OF Milwaukee,. are
heavy losers, having an entire season, cut
II fine lumber DESTROYED. Aid in the shape
# provisions and clothing il bengreceived
at MarshGcld. There are not enough roof,
eft Standing 10 shelter the homeless, and
the people are camping in the field, and
woods.
\ dispatch received tonight says that
the ire burned until an early hour this
morning, and that but one house remain.
uuscalhcd Half The population i, sill
u ere. but j. suffering for want OF clothing.
supplies were sent from the neighboring
toWnS that answered the purpose tempo.
rarily, Tut Mayor Upham tclcgHpas
that more provisions must be sent
NJ once or the people will sui
icr The remaining inhabitants are
again camping in the WOODS night.
OWING to the poor f1cillti for commune
eating by WIRE details are coming but
slowly. II appears that when the fire
started there was high wind, AMI the
illmCS were carried with remarkable "a
pidily, seeming almost to leap from house
to house. Twelve buildings were blown
Up with dynamite in vain effort to check
tho flames. Conductor GraySOn, who
brought the through sleeper from -. Paul
a hat
the only thing TO be seen at Mnr,htield
from wDeTe the depot used TO stInd was
one house and an eXpan,e OF blackcncd
ruins, with here aud there remnants OF
sm0kcstaCE> and some warped and twisted
machinery 10 show whore a mill had
stood. IIc describes the scene az one Of
awful do~clation, hardly relieved by the
presence II human beings. a. everybody
nad left or was leaving A. fast As possible.
Yesterday afternoon most Of the weli-t0 do
people l,it Tor Chippewa Falls and TIM
morning two carloads Of homeless working
people we're brought as far Is stevens
Point, the railway company curry.
lrg them free. Grly.on described
them - a sorry looking crowd, with no
hing hut the clothes they happened 10 have
on at the time OF the fire. some OF them
had no hats, and there was hardly 40.
msu who had any kind OF a wrap or shawl,
they being merely clothed in their
ordinary dresses and >Un-bOnnets, while
chilcren were even worse OIL, being bare
footed, larchcaded, aud hungry. The
Central road has repaired il, track so that
trains can iun right through again. Last
night special had to be sent up, and plS-
>onecrs from above walked around the
burned town 10 come through.
MILWAUKEE,, June est j. now csti-
mated that the loss resulting from the de-
,tIuction Of the city Of Mar,hlicld will not
bee less than $4,000 coo, and may be- nearly
S35GO 900.